UNDER-18S CLUB NIGHT ARRIVING IN NEWPORT THIS SUMMER
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1st August 2026
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Could your organisation support families to access exciting activities this Summer? If so, then why not join the Isle of Wight Council's Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme... The programme provides enriching activities and healthy food to some of the...
Read moreDetailsThe creativity of Island pupils will be showcased and celebrated in a new art exhibition opening at Newport's Quay Arts on 30th March 2024. Children and young people from across the Island submitted work for the annual 'PEACH' art exhibition,...
Read moreDetailsPeople Matter IW, the popular Island social care focussed charity, has announced new plans for its future direction following a strategic refocus. The charity’s Trustees decided last autumn that it would not seek to pursue further funding from the Isle...
Read moreDetailsThe Freshwater community came together in an extraordinary display of solidarity and support at the Freshwater Memorial Hall last Friday (22nd March), hosting an event that was both a celebration of local talent and a fundraiser for the much-anticipated Freshwater...
Read moreDetails12 hours of Mod, Ska and Punk fun will be heading to Ryde this weekend to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust and Tonic Music for Mental Health. March of the Mods will take place this Saturday (30th March) across...
Read moreDetailsTime is running out for Isle of Wight groups to apply for a grant from Wightlink’s Green Innovation Fund to help make the Island more sustainable. The deadline will be midnight Sunday 31st March 2024. This is an opportunity for...
Read moreDetailsBartletts Service Station has announced that it is to discontinue its long-standing van hire service, effective from July 2024. This move comes in response to the relentless surge in insurance costs, rendering the provision unsustainable for the family-owned business. The...
Read moreDetails'It's inaccurate for the Island's MP to accuse Wightlink of having a slow pace of investment' - those are words of Wightlink's Chief Executive, Keith Greenfield, on Bob Seely's recent ferry report. The boss of the cross-Solent ferry operator has...
Read moreDetailsMore exciting acts including Eurovision star Loreen and folk band Kingfishr are heading to the Isle of Wight Festival 2024. Held at Seaclose between the 20th and 23rd June, The Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys and Green Day are to headline....
Read moreDetailsMary and John Clarke, from Newport, have celebrated their 70 years as husband and wife with a party at Avondale, the sheltered housing scheme run by The Abbeyfield Society where they are both living. Mary, 90, and John, 95, were...
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